By Linda Kwanjana
Malawi leader President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has assented to the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections Amendment Bill which was passed recently.
Statement from State House which Presidential Press Secretary Anthony Kasunda, has signed , the President approved the bill in accordance with powers vested in him under Section 89 of the Constitution.
The amendment provides for polling staff, candidate and political party representatives as well as officers from security agencies to cast their votes at the polling stations where they are deployed.
“His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the
Republic of Malawi, in exercise the powers vested in him by Section 89 of the Constitution, has assented to the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections (Amendment) Bill.
The amnendment provides for polling staff, representatives of candidates and political parties, well as officers from security
agencies, to cast their votes at the polling stations where they are deployed,” Reads the statement in part.
